The tragedy occurred on a hockey field in Pawtucket. The police said at a press conference that the attacker may have opened fire due to a family conflict. CNN, citing sources, reported that he aimed at his family members and committed suicide after firing the shots.
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Shooting at an ice rink in Rhode Island. The injured are in critical condition
The local police reported that the fatalities were two adults. One of them died on the spot, the other after being taken to hospital. Three more people with gunshot wounds were hospitalized, and their condition is assessed by doctors as critical.
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said officers establish details about the perpetrator's relationship with the victims. The police are also carrying out activities aimed at accurately reconstructing the course of events before the arrival of the services at the ice rink. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were dispatched to help local services, a spokesman for this agency confirmed in an interview with CNN.
According to station WJAR, the attack was in progress at the rink at the time hockey games of school teams —North Providence and Coventry. Students from both institutions are safe, according to the schools' announcements.
According to the Gun Violence Archive (an organization recording incidents of gun violence – ed.), Monday's events in Rhode Island were 41st mass shooting in the United States since the beginning of the year.
